bombing of tourists in Egypt

Aerial bombing of tourists in Egypt lasted three hours, Mexican survivor says

A Mexican tourist who survived an air strike in Egypt says their convoy was bombed five times over a period of three hours, even after security forces on the ground had cleared their passage.

Eight Mexicans were killed and six more wounded in the attack.

Susan Calderon's husband was among eight Mexicans killed in what has been described as an accident. Four Egyptian guides were also killed.
"You could see the viciousness with which they came and went," she told Mexican newspaper El Universal from her hospital bed in Cairo.

"We were bombed about five times, always from the air. It all lasted some three hours."
Ms Calderon was wounded in the arm and her right leg is paralysed, though doctors believe she will regain movement.

Her husband, Luis Barajas, was found alive when rescue workers arrived, but later died.

"I saw my husband when they put me on a stretcher to take me to the hospital," Ms Calderon said.

"I heard him tell me he loved me, and I told him I do too. And then I heard nothing from him again.

"It was supposed to be the trip of our lives."

The couple had been married for 20 years  and ran a hospital equipment business in the western city of Guadalajara. They did not have children.

Mexico demands compensation for victims

Mexico's president Enrique Pena Nieto has demanded Egypt investigate the deadly attack and assign blame.

























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weapons from Russia: military source

Syrian army starts using new weapons from Russia: military source

air base at Latakia, Syria

The Syrian military has recently started using new types of air and ground weapons supplied by Russia, a Syrian military source told Reuters on Thursday, underlining growing Russian support for Damascus that is alarming the United States.

"The weapons are highly effective and very accurate, and hit targets precisely," the source said in response to a question about Russian support. "We can say they are all types of weapons, be it air or ground."

The source said the army had been trained in the use of the weapons in recent months and was now deploying them, declining to give further details other than saying they were "new types."

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Thursday Russia had provided new weapons and trained Syrian troops how to use them, without saying when or naming any specific systems.

He told state television the government would be prepared to go further and ask Russian forces to fight alongside its troops if needed - though he said there were no such soldiers there now.

The Russian government said on Thursday its military support for Damascus was aimed at fighting terrorism, safeguarding Syria's statehood and preventing a "total catastrophe" in the region.
























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